1934 Brooklyn Dodgers season

1934 Brooklyn Dodgers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Ebbets Field (since 1913)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Stephen McKeever
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel
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Casey Stengel took over as manager for the 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers, but the team still finished in 6th place.

Offseason

• December 1933: Art Herring was purchased by the Dodgers from the Detroit Tigers.^[1]
• December 1933: Joe Shaute was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	95	58	0.621	—	48–29	47–29
New York Giants	93	60	0.608	2	49–26	44–34
Chicago Cubs	86	65	0.570	8	47–30	39–35
Boston Braves	78	73	0.517	16	40–35	38–38
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	76	0.493	19½	45–32	29–44
Brooklyn Dodgers	71	81	0.467	23½	43–33	28–48
Philadelphia Phillies	56	93	0.376	37	35–36	21–57
Cincinnati Reds	52	99	0.344	42	30–47	22–52

Record vs. opponents

1934 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	16–6–1	12–10	15–7	7–15	14–8	9–11	5–16
Brooklyn	6–16–1	—	8–12	13–9	8–14	13–9	16–6	7–15
Chicago	10–12	12–8	—	14–8	11–10	13–9	14–8–1	12–10
Cincinnati	7–15	9–13	8–14	—	6–16	9–10	7–15	6–16–1
New York	15–7	14–8	10–11	16–6	—	15–7	14–8	9–13
Philadelphia	8–14	9–13	9–13	10–9	7–15	—	7–13	6–16
Pittsburgh	11–9	6–16	8–14–1	15–7	8–14	13–7	—	13–9
St. Louis	16–5	15–7	10–12	16–6–1	13–9	16–6	9–13	—

Notable transactions

• April 13, 1934: Marty McManus was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Braves.^[3]
• June 29, 1934: Watty Clark was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Giants.^[4]
• September 1934: Johnny Vander Meer was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Braves.^[5]

Roster

1934 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 26 Johnny Babich 30 Boom-Boom Beck 28 Ray Benge 15 Ownie Carroll 24 Watty Clark 29 Art Herring 27 Dutch Leonard 26 Ray Lucas 16 Van Mungo 25 Les Munns 21 Phil Page 23 Charlie Perkins 21 Harry Smythe 34 Tom Zachary		Catchers 22 Ray Berres 10 Al López 14 Wally Millies 11 Clyde Sukeforth Infielders  2 Jim Bucher  5 Tony Cuccinello  8 Lonny Frey -- Bert Hogg 12 Jimmy Jordan  6 Sam Leslie  7 Johnny McCarthy  3 Joe Stripp		Outfielders 17 Buzz Boyle 20 Glenn Chapman  1 Johnny Frederick 18 Len Koenecke  9 Danny Taylor 11 Nick Tremark  4 Hack Wilson		Manager 31 Casey Stengel Coaches 32 Otto Miller

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Lopez, AlAl Lopez	140	439	120	.273	7	54
1B	Leslie, SamSam Leslie	146	546	181	.332	9	102
2B	Cuccinello, TonyTony Cuccinello
3B	Stripp, JoeJoe Stripp
SS	Frey, LonnyLonny Frey
OF	Boyle, BuzzBuzz Boyle
OF	Koenecke, LenLen Koenecke
OF	Taylor, DannyDanny Taylor

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jordan, JimmyJimmy Jordan
Frederick, JohnnyJohnny Frederick
Wilson, HackHack Wilson
Chapman, GlennGlenn Chapman
Bucher, JimJim Bucher
Berres, RayRay Berres
Sukeforth, ClydeClyde Sukeforth
McCarthy, JohnnyJohnny McCarthy
Tremark, NickNick Tremark
Millies, WallyWally Millies
Hogg, BertBert Hogg

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mungo, VanVan Mungo
Benge, RayRay Benge
Babich, JohnnyJohnny Babich	25	135	7	11	4.20	62

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Leonard, DutchDutch Leonard
Zachary, TomTom Zachary
Munns, LesLes Munns
Carroll, OwnieOwnie Carroll
Beck, Boom-BoomBoom-Boom Beck	22	57	2	6	7.42	24
Herring, ArtArt Herring	14	49.1	2	4	6.20	15
Lucas, RayRay Lucas
Perkins, CharlieCharlie Perkins

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Clark, WattyWatty Clark	17	2	0	0	5.33	10
Smythe, HarryHarry Smythe
Page, PhilPhil Page

Awards and honors

• 1934 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Al López reserve
  • Van Mungo reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
C	Dayton Ducks	Middle Atlantic League	Howard Holmes

Notes

1. Art Herring at Baseball-Reference
2. Joe Shaute at Baseball-Reference
3. Marty McManus at Baseball-Reference
4. Watty Clark at Baseball-Reference
5. Johnny Vander Meer at Baseball-Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet